IEM Hanover Group Stage – Group A

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Mundo ganks mid and despite Urgot burning Exhaust, Mordekaiser is able to Flash away. Mundo ganks mid again later, managing to take advantage of Flash being on cooldown to draw first blood.

Corki is managing to use his range to keep Blitzstar at bay while farming. Interestingly, Alistar is the one taking the creep kills rather than Blitzcrank.

An early Oracle’s Elixir helps Mundo clear wards, leading to a gank on top for second blood on Nidalee. Meanwhile, Dignitas uses its advantage in bottom lane to take the first dragon of the game at 11 minutes into the game.

Almost 13 minutes into the game, Blitzcrank gets a grab on Corki, but a Janna ultimate helps Corki get away.

Fourteen minutes into the game, Shyvana goes for an in-lane gank. Corki takes tower hits while Exhausted, but Dignitas is able to get its first two kills as both Blitzcrank and Alistar fall. At mid, an Urgot ultimate puts Mordekaiser in a bad position, allowing Mundo to come in and clean up the kill.

At 17:30, with the dragon timer, Dignitas takes the second dragon without any challenge. Down at bottom, Corki continues to do well, farming and poking down the Blitzstar combination. At mid, another gank from Mundo with Urgot ultimate gives CLG another kill.

At 19 minutes in, CLG finally uses the Blitzcrank-Alistar combination to its intended effect, taking down Corki as they push him into tower range and keep constant CC on him.

A Shyvana gank helps take down Swain despite a Nevermove rooting Shyvana. Blitzcrank and Alistar pull off another combo on Corki, but Valkyrie and Monsoon help him escape with barely any health left.

Both teams group up near dragon, dancing around as they try to gain an upper hand. Blitzcrank gets a grab on Mordekaiser, but Morde simply Flashes out. CLG starts the dragon, but Shyvana uses her ultimate to get into the middle of the entire team, initiating the fight. A Mordekaiser ultimate helps take down Swain, and Dignitas presses on to also take down Blitzcrank. Dignitas then takes the dragon.

At mid, Shyvana gets pulled, dropping low, but she uses her ultimate to get away. CLG starts the fight soon after, taking down Shyvana and Corki. They then turn to try to take baron. Nidalee, Janna and Mordekaiser try to challenge, and a fight breaks out when Mordekaiser gets pulled. Mordekaiser uses that to deal a lot of damage, though, and the fight ends with a 2 for 2 exchange with essentially everyone very low or dead.

At around 30 minutes in, an Urgot ultimate and Nevermove go down as CLG tries to start a teamfight. Janna uses her Monsoon, though, making the fight into a favorable one for Dignitas. Dignitas wins the fight 2-0, then they go for the baron. The remaining members of CLG try to challenge it, but Dignitas is able to ace them as they take baron.

Thirty-three minutes in, Dignitas is now ahead in kills 13-10, with a 9k gold advantage, not to mention the baron buff.

Dignitas shows its strength at this point in the game, fighting under inner mid turret but managing to win 4-1 nonetheless. They are able to use Mordekaiser’s ghost to just push the rest of the way and take the first match of the IEM Hanover Group matches!

Group A: against All authority v. Alternate

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

aAa

Twisted Fate, Shen, Orianna

Kennen, Janna, Alistar, Morgana, Corki

Morgana

Alternate

Karthus, Udyr, Shyvana

Riven, Fiddlesticks, Skarner, Anivia, Sivir

Skarner

Alternate decides to go for an unconventional support with Fiddlesticks. Skarner goes for an early gank with a Fiddlesticks fear helping to get Janna very low. Alistar is close behind from the jungle, though, and he is able to do use his CC to help drop Skarner dangerously low with some good Headbutts and Pulverizes. Skarner simply Flashes away, though, and no one dies from the effort.

aAa is farming much better, taking about a 500 gold lead on creep kills alone. Skarner tries a gank on bot, and Corki fails to get out with his Valkyrie. It looks for a moment like he’s going to die, but he simply Flashes into the dragon pit and gets away safely.

About seven minutes in, aAa goes for the blue steal. Despite a challenge from Alternate, Alistar is able to take it, denying Anivia the important buff.

Nine minutes in, aAa starts to take dragon. Alternate can’t challenge it, as they aren’t in a good enough position to fight. Skarner gets caught by a Morgana Dark Binding, and he falls to her ultimate as the rest of aAa takes the first dragon of the game along with the first blood.

Alistar gets caught near river in mid. He’s able to get away with his ultimate, but he soon gets caught by a Skarner ultimate, giving Alternate their first kill. Soon afterwards, aAa steals blue once again, taking down Skarner as he walks toward the blue in his own jungle.

Fifteen minutes into the game, aAa is only up 2-1 in kills, but has an almost 5k gold lead.

aAa and Alternate both gather around dragon, trying to get the upper hand. Corki goes in with Gatling Gun, getting caught with a Skarner ultimate. The rest of aAa jumps in, though, and Corki is able to Valkyrie out before dying while aAa cleans up two kills, allowing them to take the dragon.

After aAa dives second tower at bot to kill Fiddlesticks and Sivir, they are up 7-1 in kills with an almost 10k gold lead about 19 minutes into the game.

Anivia is finally able to get blue buff, but gives it up almost immediately as Kennen gets the kill on the bird. aAa pushes down another mid turret, and they are now up 5-2 in turret

Morgana Flashes in, then uses her ultimate, to initiate the fight at Alternate’s top inhibitor turret. Kennen follows up with his ultimate, and aAa takes the ensuing team fight 3-0. After taking the inhibitor, aAa tries to back off, and Anivia tries to pick up a kill on Janna, but a Morgana bind turns it, and Anivia also falls.

aAa starts baron, trying to take advantage of their huge lead. They win the fight at baron 2-0, then push down mid. A few trades happen as Alternate manages to get some kills, but aAa has inhibitors down so they choose to jump fight enemy champions, allowing the minions to just do the pushing for them. It doesn’t last for much longer, as aAa defeats Alternate quite convincingly.

Group A: Fnatic v. Millenium

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

Fnatic

Alistar, Irelia, Maokai

Kennen, Talon, Shyvana, Nunu, Ashe

Kennen

Millenium

Karthus, Morgana, Shen

Janna, Wukong, Skarner, Corki, Galio

Skarner

Fnatic’s Talon gets picked off mid and leads to a dragon attempt. But, with the help of harass from Ashe and Nunu, Shyvana is able to steal the first dragon of the game.

Fnatic continues to counter effectively as they win a team fight 2-1 in bottom lane with Talon following Galio after a teleport.

Fnatic uses great positioning to pick up a free dragon and push down middle but loses the following team fight.

Fnatic seems to be on the verge of losing a team fight as Kennen and Talon fall near immediately. However, great zoning from Nunu’s ultimate allows Ashe to pick up a pentakill and get dragon.

Talon picks up a triple kill in a team fight as Ashe once again gets to deal damage without harass. Nunu uses his ultimate once again to deter anyone from getting close to her. Fnatic follows up the successful fight by taking down middle inhibitor.

Fnatic picks up a kill on Galio under his turret and then is able to continue poking down turrets until they force an engagement. Ashe once again sits behind Nunu’s ultimate and Fnatic aces Millenium and pushes for the win.

Group A: Fnatic v. Dignitas

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

Fnatic

Karthus, Irelia, Ryze

Janna, Nocturne, Kennen, Twisted Fate, Ashe

Nocturne

Dignitas

Morgana, Rammus, Shen

Nautilus, Corki, Cassiopeia, Lee Sin, Nunu

Cassiopeia

Fnatic goes for an early invade, taking red from Dignitas. Nautilus tries to respond by going for Fnatic’s red, but he’s turned away as Fnatic goes to protect their creeps.

Six minutes in, Nautilus runs into Nocturne near mid. Cassiopeia comes to help as Nautilus uses his Dredge Line and Flash to get away, but Twisted Fate and Nocturne are able to take down Cassiopeia for first blood.

Nocturne continues establishing his advantage over Nautilus, stealing blue over the wall before walking away.

Nautilus tries to gank mid, using his ultimate on Twisted Fate. However, an Ashe arrow flies in as Nocturne ultimates into the fray, turning the gank into trouble for Dignitas. Nautilus falls, and Cassiopeia, who had burned her ultimate trying to get Twisted Fate, is very low as she goes back toward her own turret. Twisted Fate uses his ultimate to clean up the kill, but he dies as he takes too much damage from Cassiopeia and the tower.

Twelve minutes in, Nocturne uses his ultimate to dive Cassiopeia with Twisted Fate. However, a Cassiopeia ult means he takes too many turret hits, and though Cassiopeia falls, Nocturne also dies. A dragon fight breaks out soon afterwards, and Dignitas is able to take two kills and the ensuing dragon

Sixteen minutes in, Nautilus uses his ultimate to gank mid, taking him down quickly for a very clean kill. Down at bot, Ashe falls to Corki in a straight up fight. Twisted Fate teleports top for a gank on Lee Sin, taking him down and leaving Kennen with barely any health left. Dignitas now leads in kills 6-5, with less than a 1k gold lead.

Dignitas and Fnatic group around dragon, trying to gain control of the objective. A great Ashe arrow hits Corki, and Nocturne jumps on him with his ultimate to initiate a fight. Unfortunately for Fnatic, Kennen is taken down early in his ultimate, and Nocturne also falls quickly. Digntias presses on to clean up two more kills on Fnatic, and they take the dragon.

Lee Sin fights Kennen at top, and Twisted Fate comes in with his ultimate to help out. Lee Sin is able to kill Kennen very quickly, then chases down TF, tower diving as Cassiopeia comes in to help. The Blind Monk takes down TF, barely surviving the tower hits, but Nocturne jumps in with his ultimate. Lee Sin almost falls, but Cassiopeia deals too much damage, and Lee Sin has too much sustain, and Nocturne’s attempt at finishing off a kill ends instead in a death. This extends Dignitas’ lead in kills to 13-5, and they now sport a 6k gold lead.

Corki gets caught, dying despite his best efforts. Cassiopeia comes in, though, and manages to finish up two kills on Nocturne and Ashe.

At around 26 minutes, Cassiopeia takes down TF. Dignitas uses the advantage to go for baron, forcing fight. Corki dies, but so does Kennen. Dignitas turns to go for baron again, but Fnatic keeps up the pressure. The fight goes Dignitas’ way, ending with TF’s death not long after he respawns. Dignitas just goes for the dragon after the fight, though, as they aren’t strong enough to go for baron.

Around 29 minutes into the game, Dignitas tries for baron again. Nocturne jumps in and manages to steal it, and in the resulting fight, Fnatic takes three kills to Dignitas’ one. At this point, Fnatic is down about 5k in gold, with a 10-21 disadvantage in the kills category.

Fnatic takes down Cassiopeia as they take down the middle inhibitor turret. A fight breaks out, and Fnatic initially doesn’t focus fire very well as many members of Dignitas get very low, but none die. Kennen and Ashe fall, making it look like the fight went in Dignitas’ favor, but TF gates in and takes a kill on Nautilus, helping them take the inhibitor.

Dignitas catches TF as Fnatic goes for dragon, taking down TF down easily. An Ashe arrow tries to help him out, but Ashe also falls along with Kennen. Dignitas pushes mid with their numbers advantage and takes the inhibitor.

Thirty-six minutes in, Fnatic takes the second baron of the game for free as Dignitas isn’t in position to challenge it. Despite being down 27-12 in kills, Fnatic is only behind about 4k in gold.

Fnatic lays siege on Dignitas, with TF split-pushing top. Fnatic eventually backs off despite not managing to grab an inhibitor as they fall low in health even with baron buff.

A fight breaks out about 42 minutes into the game. Despite initiating with Ashe arrow and Nocturne ultimate, Fnatic isn’t in the best position, and it doesn’t go as well for them. The fight d0es ends with a 3-3 trade though, as Ashe is able to deal a lot of damage and pick up a triple kill in the fight.

As 45 minutes into the game, Fnatic actually has the gold lead espiting being down in kills 30-16. Dignitas lays siege to Fnatic, then backs off towards baron. TF gates into Dignitas’ base, taking mid inhibitor. Dignitas engages a 4v5 fight near baron, winning the fight 3-2 as TF takes top inhibitor turret and inhibitor.

Dignitas starts baron once again, but a Hawkshot lets Fnatic know that it’s going on. Kennen goes in with his ultimate, an Ashe arrow flies in, and Nocturne jumps in to get yet another baron steal. Fnatic cleans up for a 4-0 in the fight, and they push down mid to complete the comeback.

Group A: against All authority v. Millenium

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

aAa

Shen, Maokai, Morgana

Ahri, Alistar, Udyr, Ashe, Wukong

Millenium

Rammus, Karthus, Kennen

Shyvana, Corki, Irelia, Cassiopeia, Janna

aAa sneaks into the jungle and picks up first blood on Corki before minions spawn.

Cassiopeia is able to take down Ahri without any jungler help, leveling the playing field with a 1-1 score.

Ahri gets a kill on Irelia in middle but Millenium picks up an unchallenged dragon in the meanwhile.

A battle at dragon ends heavily in aAa’s favor as they pick up three kills, lose no one, and pick up the dragon thereafter.

aAa has pretty dominant map control with an oracled Udyr making quite a profit off of wards.

Wukong picks up a quadra kill for aAa as Millenium mistakenly focuses entirely on Udyr. aAa follows up the successful fight with a baron, giving them an even larger lead.

aAa uses baron to push down the inhibitors and finishing the game with yet another quadra kill from Wukong.

Group A: Fnatic v. against All authority

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

Fnatic

Alistar, Karthus, Morgana

Janna, Wukong, Nautilus, Orianna, Graves

Wukong

aAa

Ryze, Twisted Fate, Kennen

Shyvana, Shen, Leona, Corki, Galio

Shen

A Shyvana gank on top helps draw first blood on Wukong. Second blood comes about a second later, as Nautilus ganks bot to get a kill on Corki.

Fnatic tries a little invade, and a fight breaks out as everyone on both sides is there. After a 2-2 trade, Fnatic is forced to back off, giving aAa a free dragon.

aAa continues bullying top lane, as Shyvana dives tower to get an easy kill on Wukong twelve minutes into the game. A fight breaks out at bot between the lane members. Shen ultimates in to make it a 3v2, and he ends up diving turret with his taunt, taking down Janna. Corki and Janna focus on Graves, taking him down as Leona tanks tower hits, barely escaping with 6 health left.

The teams work their way around dragon. A fight breaks out as Leona uses her ultimate, but she eventually falls. Shyvana tries to dive Graves, but takes too many tower hits. She drops very low, but manages to escape. A Flash and a taunt from Shen is able to catch Orianna, giving aAa a kill.

Eighteen minutes in, aAa goes for dragon again, taking it without too much of a challenge. Fnatic looks in, but manages to disengage before a fight breaks out.

At top, Galio uses his ultimate on Orianna as Shen ults in, and the combination is able to take down Orianna. Soon after, Wukong gets caught by the duo, falling as Shen dives tower. aAa is now up in kills 11-5, with a 7k advantage in gold.

A fight breaks out in the jungle, and aAa is too strong for Fnatic at this point in the game, as they get a 5-1 ace. This pushes the kill lead to 16-6 and the gold lead to 13k.

With the advantage that they have, aAa moves toward baron. A fight breaks out, and Corki Valkyries into the fray, falling quickly. aAa is able to take the fight 3-2 despite this, though they are no longer strong enough to take the baron.

Twenty-nine minutes in, aAa goes for baron again. When Fnatic comes in, aAa turns, managing to eventually take down Nautilus. This gives them the opportunity to take baron, which they take. Fnatic decides to just take a tower in the meanwhile as they are too weak to challenge.

aAa, with baron buff, just pushes towers, systematically taking down all three inhibitors. Fnatic tries a last ditch effort to get back into it, but aAa is able to rout them, taking the game soon afterwards.

Group A: Dignitas v. Alternate

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

Dignitas

Twisted Fate, Anivia, Shen

Janna, Corki, Nautilus, Ryze, Lee Sin

Corki

Alternate

Mordekaiser, Alistar, Shyvana

Sivir, Nocturne, Taric, Wukong, Brand

Sivir

Alternate begins by counter-jungling and stealing red. Dignitas has Janna travel around with Nautilus early on before returning to bottom lane.

Corki takes first blood on Sivir as Sivir was too aggressive and did not expect to be both Exhausted and Ignited.

Dignitas picks up two kills bottom lane but loses dragon as they were forced to back after their tower dive.

Both teams trade kills as Alternate is able to creep back into the game. While they remain down, some unwise tower dives allowed Sivir to pick up some kills.

Alternate takes a risky baron and loses two kills, two turrets, and an inhibitor.

Dignitas pushes onto Alternate’s turret despite the baron advantage and taks an ace with minimal losses. They continue to push for the win.

Group A: CLG v. Millenium

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

CLG

Shyvana, Maokai, Cassiopeia

Shen, Ezreal, Ryze, Irelia, Leona

Leona

Millenium

Udyr, Karthus, Galio

Alistar, Ahri, Taric, Ziggs, Riven

Taric

Invades from both sides, as they go into each others’ jungles at level 1. Not too long after laning starts, Leona gets caught out, dropping to Taric for first blood

Millenium’s AD Ahri is off to a great start and, after a dive by Alistar at bot to help take down both Ezreal and Leona, is 1/0/2.

Millenium continues to push its early advantage. However, though Millenium’s early game was dominant, Shen’s split pushing allows CLG to get towers to keep it close.

Millenium attempts to take baron but is caught by CLG who takes the fight easily as it seems like AD Ahri’s damage has peaked.

CLG uses baron to push its advantage but no fight is engaged. After the baron buff was gone the teams meet in middle and Doublelift on Ezreal simply did too much damage and the fight went heavily in CLG’s favor as they were able to push through mid for the win.

Group A: Dignitas v. Millenium

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

Dignitas

Rammus, Karthus, Morgana

Janna, Maokai, Corki, Mordekaiser, Lee Sin

Mordekaiser

Millenium

Ryze, Shen, Cassiopeia

Shyvana, Sona, Ahri, Graves, Udyr

Ahri

A slow start to the game, as both sides just play a very safe game. Seven minutes into the game, there have still been no deaths and no real close calls.

Eight minutes into the game, Udyr tries to do a little gank on mid. He backs off, but Ahri decides to dive, managing to take down Mordekaiser for first blood. However, the ultimate and Ignite finish her off, making it a 1-1 trade in mid. Despite the advantage in first blood gold, Millenium is down about 1k in gold.

Maokai ganks bot at almost 13 minutes into the game, helping Corki get a kill on Graves despite a good Sona ultimate.

Corki doesn’t let Graves get any rest, diving tower with Valkyrie to get yet another kill.

Fifteen minutes in, Dignitas takes dragon. Shyvana takes top tower in return. A little later, Mordekaiser gets caught, but is able to get back with some help from Maokai. Unfortunately, Maokai himself gets caught and dies. Meanwhile, down at bot, Corki gets a double kill on Graves and Sona.

Mordekaiser gets dived on again, but Maokai and Lee Sin come to aid him. Despite losing Mordekaiser, the ultimate on Ahri takes her down, and Udyr also falls eventually to Maokai. At bot, Corki takes down Sona easily.

Dignitas goes to steal blue at around 20 minutes into the game. It looks like Millenium might catch Mordekaiser, but the shields from Janna and Lee Sin help him stay alive, and they are able to take two kills along with the blue buff.

Twenty-two minutes into the game, Dignitas takes dragon again. They are up 11-3 in kills, with a 10k gold advantage.

Corki and Lee Sin try to go top, but they find themselves against Udyr, Shyvana, and Graves. It looks for a while like Lee sin and Corki might be able to salvage it with some help from Janna, but the fight ends with a 3-2 trade in Millenium’s favor.

About 26 minutes into the game, Dignitas takes a baron for free. They use this to catch Shyvana and push down mid to take the inhibitor.

Corki and Lee Sin find themselves chased by all of Millenium. Lee Sin falls, but Corki is able to kill an Ahri who dashes to him, then gets away as Janna and Maokai come to help. Corki falls back as Janna and Maokai distract Millenium as Mordekaiser pushes bot to the inhibitor.

Dignitas fights under top inhibitor turret, taking the fight 4-0, giving them the opening to push the rest of the turrets and take the nexus for the win.

Group A: Fnatic v. Alternate

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

Fnatic

Twisted Fate, Nocturne, Shen

Nunu, Kog’Maw, Nautilus, Orianna, Gangplank

Nunu

Alternate

Alistar, Karthus, Shyvana

Taric, Volibear, Ashe, Wukong, Brand

Volibear

Volibear picks up first blood for Alternate against Nunu. After he began blue, Kog’Maw and Nunu went on the offensive and got caught out of position.

A lot of trades end up without kills as Nautilus fails to land a number of skillshots. In middle, Nautilus and Orianna finally combine to kill Brand and take down Volibear, losing Orianna in the process.

Alternate is able to steal the second dragon which makes the gold nearly even despite Fnatic’s kill lead.

Fnatic tries to push their slight advantage by grabbing a kill in middle and taking the turret. When they go to top-lane to take down that turret, however, Fnatic gets caught by an Enchanted Crystal Arrow and lose two team members.

Both teams attempt baron and are both forced out of it and take casualties.

Alternate engages with an Enchanted Crystal Arrow and take a fight in middle three for zero. They follow up with a baron and Nautilus is also taken down trying to steal the baron.

Fnatic engages on Alternate and quickly loses two members for only one taken down. As Alternate pushed their advantage and killed Kog’Maw, they slightly overstepped and allowed Kog’Maw to even the trade three for three with two kills with his passive.

Alternate has a successful engage on Orianna with an Enchanted Crystal arrow, leading to a four to two fight in their favor and grabbing the baron thereafter.

Talon gets caught twice in succession in CLG’s tower range and it turns into a four to zero exchange. CLG rushes to baron and takes it, and picks up the kill on Nocturne thereafter making the total exchange a five for none.

CLG uses its baron advantage to push down middle and take the inhibitor. Fnatic conceded the tower and inhibitor because there was no chance for an engage.

CLG heads to baron and forces Nocturne to ultimate in far ahead of his team. The resulting team fight goes four to zero in CLG’s favor and they ignore baron and push down middle for the victory.

Group A: Dignitas v. against All authority

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

Dignitas

Shen, Rammus, Udyr

Corki, Morgana, Janna, Shyvana, Irelia

aAa

Ryze, Mordekaiser, Cassiopea

Alistar, Karthus, Ashe, Trundle, Kennen

Dignitas was able to take the game and the first seed for Group A.

Group A: Millenium v. Alternate

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

Alternate

Alistar, Shyvana, Ahri

Nocturne, Taric, Wukong, Brand, Vayne

Millenium

Karthus, Shen, Twisted Fate

Janna, Ashe, Fizz, Riven, Lee Sin

Alternate wins, beating Millenium in a game that did not have any effect on overall standings.

Group A: Fnatic v. Counter Logic Gaming

Team

Bans

Picks

First Blood

CLG

Ashe, Kennen, Twisted Fate

Galio, Caitlyn, Irelia, Mundo, Ahri

Mundo

Fnatic

Udyr, Ryze, Shen

Nocturne, Janna, Ezreal, Vladimir, Talon

Talon

CLG picks up first blood by consecutive Mundo ganks against Talon on middle. Irelia slowed Talon down to allow for an easier kill.

As soon as Talon returns to lane, Mundo ganks him again and picks up another kill.

Fnatic is able to take down Caitlyn on bottom lane with help from a Nocturne gank and they transition from that kill into a quick dragon that CLG is unable to contest.

Irelia gets taken down in middle from a Nocturne gank which may help turn the tides of the lane. Up until said gank, Irelia was dominating the lane.

Fnatic dives Irelia top-lane but Mundo comes in and is able to pick up kills on Nocturne and Vladimir, winning the exchange two to one.

Fnatic picks up a dragon as Irelia stays top to push but is unable to take down the tower.

Mundo and Irelia try to gank Vladimir but are countered by a Nocturne gank which ends up in both Irelia and Mundo dieing, and Mundo losing an oracle. Fnatic takes the gold lead in the game for the first time by taking down the top turret as well.

Fnatic takes yet another uncontested dragon and follows up by also taking bottom tower, increasing their global gold advantage.

Talon gets caught twice in succession in CLG’s tower range and it turns into a four to zero exchange. CLG rushes to baron and takes it, and picks up the kill on Nocturne thereafter making the total exchange a five for none.

CLG uses its baron advantage to push down middle and take the inhibitor. Fnatic conceded the tower and inhibitor because there was no chance for an engage.

CLG heads to baron and forces Nocturne to ultimate in far ahead of his team. The resulting team fight goes four to zero in CLG’s favor and they ignore baron and push down middle for the victory.

Group Results: Dignitas, CLG, and aAa advance through the Group A Stage

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